Studio’s Guide
What is a studio?
A studio is a space on Scratch where users can come together to make, share, and collect
projects related to a particular theme, idea, or prompt. Studios are used for a wide variety
of reasons, including opportunities for collaboration, collections of projects about a specific
theme, show-and-tell, or places to find inspiration.
Scratcher status is required in order to create a studio. New Scratchers are unable
to create studios.
Studios are immediately public. Unlike Scratch projects, there is no share/unshare
option for studios. Everyone can follow a studio, see studio comments and projects, and
leave a comment or add a project (unless commenting or the ability to add projects is
turned off).
For using studios with a teacher account, see additional notes in the Scratch Teacher
Account guide.
In this guide you will learn:
● Studio Definitions
● How to Create a Studio
● How to Manage a Studio
● How to Add Projects to a Studio
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Studio Definitions
Studio Title: the name of your studio or activity
Studio Thumbnail: an image uploaded to the studio that represents the theme or content of the
studio. For featured studios, we require the thumbnail to be a still image (no animated imagery).
Studio Description: where you share the details of what your studio is about. You can use this
space to give background information on your prompt, share ideas for ways to participate in your
studio, provide links to any helpful projects, tutorials, or other resources, and any other information
you think is important for studio participants to know.
Studio Host: the person who created the studio is automatically assigned the role of “host,” and
there is only one host per studio.
● Being host gives you a few extra abilities, such as editing the title, thumbnail, and
description. Hosts can also turn commenting on and off, choose if anyone can add projects
or not, and delete the studio.
● As host, you also have the ability to invite other Scratchers to curate your studio, as well as
the ability to promote curators to the role of a studio manager.
● You can also add projects to the studio, as well as remove any projects you don’t want in
the studio.
● A studio host can transfer their "host" status to another manager (by clicking the three dots
next to the username). Confirming the hosting change will send the new host a notification
and the former host loses the extra abilities. Studio host transfers can only occur once a
day.
Studio Managers: managers are curators who have been “promoted” to the role of manager by
either the host or another manager of the studio. Managers are largely similar to curators, in that
they help add projects and respond to comments.
● The main difference between a curator and a manager is that managers have the ability to
remove any project added to the studio, regardless of who added it.
● Managers also have the ability to remove any other manager or curator from the studio.
● There is a 40 manager limit.
Studio Curators: curators are other Scratchers that have been specifically invited to help in the
studio by the studio host or studio managers. Curators are expected to help by adding projects to
the studio and responding to comments within the studio.
● Curators have the ability to remove any project they have personally added to the studio
but are not able to remove projects that have been added by other curators, managers, or
the host.
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Create a Studio
A user must be a “Scratcher” (in contrast to a "New Scratcher") in order to create a studio. (You
can find an account’s Scratcher status listed under their username when viewing a profile.) The
person who created the studio is automatically assigned the role of “host.” There is only one host
per studio.
Studios are immediately public. Unlike Scratch projects, there is no share/unshare option for
studios. Everyone can follow a studio, see studio comments and projects, and leave a comment or
add a project (unless commenting or the ability to add projects is turned off).
Create a studio and give it a name, thumbnail, and description
Once logged into your Scratch
account, go to “My Stuff.”
Choose the “+ New Studio”
button at the top right.
Only studio hosts can edit the
title, thumbnail, and description.
Click on “Untitled Studio” to
give your studio a name.
Click the “Edit Thumbnail”
button to change the default
gray cat image in the upper
left-hand corner. Upload your
own studio thumbnail image.
The maximum file size for a
thumbnail is 512 KB and your
image must be less than
500x500 pixels.
Write a studio description in the blank text box on the left hand side. You can share the theme
of the studio or what kinds of projects you are looking to include, for example.
Be sure your title and description don’t reveal any personal information (like school name or first
and last name). Also, please keep your content (including studio information and image) friendly
and appropriate for all ages. Studios should follow the Community Guidelines.
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Manage a Studio
Hosts and managers have the ability to invite other Scratchers to curate their studio and remove
any other manager or curator. Hosts also have the ability to promote curators to the role of a studio
manager.
Studio activity notifications are sent to a user whenever a studio they curate has new activities,
such as adding or removing projects, commenting, inviting, promoting, deleting curators, etc.
Open vs. closed studios, comments, studio curators, and deleting a studio
On the “Projects” tab, toggle
“Anyone can add projects”
on if you want to leave your
studio “open” for anyone to add
projects.
If you want to keep your studio
“closed” and manage what
projects are added, toggle it off.
(See more notes below about
adding projects.)
Studio comments can be a
great way to prompt discussion
based on the studio theme. On
the “Comments” tab, toggle
commenting on/off if you prefer
comments enabled or disabled.
Tip: To allow users to request
their projects be added (via
comments) or add a comment
yourself, commenting must be
enabled.
Tip: Replies to a studio
comment are limited to 25.
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Hosts and managers can add
other Scratch users as
studio curators. On the
“Curators” tab, the host or
manager can invite people by
adding them by their username
in the “Invite Curators” field.
The invitation to become a
curator of a studio will appear in
a user’s notifications, as well as
on the “Curators” tab of a studio
when they view the studio.
People who accept the invitation
to be a curator will be notified of
new activity.
The host or a manager of the
studio can delete curators or
other managers by clicking the
three dots next to the username
on the “Curators” tab and
selecting "Remove." If a
manager or curator wishes to
leave, they can go to the
"Curators” tab, find their
username, and click "Remove"
in the three dot menu.
A host or manager can promote
a curator to a manager by
clicking the three dots next to
the username on the “Curators”
tab and selecting "Promote."
Tip: Promoting a curator to a
manager position can only be
undone by removing the
manager from the studio and
then reinviting them to curate.
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Studio activity notifications are
sent to a user whenever a
studio they curate has new
activities, such as adding or
removing projects, commenting,
inviting, promoting, deleting
curators, etc.
Host, manager, and curator
activity can also be found
under the “Activity” tab.
Only hosts can delete a
studio. Go to the “My Stuff”
page, select the “My Studios”
tab, and click "Delete."
Warning: Unlike projects, which
are sent to the trash before
being permanently deleted, this
action is irreversible!
Share your studio, follow studios, and stay connected!
Each studio has a unique URL,
so you can iInvite others to visit
your studio by copying and
sharing the studio URL.
You can also opt to follow
studios of interest by clicking
the “Follow Studio” button.
Studios you curate and follow
appear on your profile.
Tip: Looking for inspiration and other interesting studios? The Scratch Design Studio welcomes
everyone to submit projects inspired by an alternating theme. The Scratch Design Studio can be
found on the Scratch homepage, along with other featured studios.
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Add Projects to a Studio
There are multiple ways to add projects to a studio as a host, manager, or curator. And anyone can
add projects to a studio if the “Anyone can add projects” toggle is set to on. Only shared projects
can be added to studios.
Tip: If you don’t see the “Share” button, make sure your Scratch account is confirmed. Look in
your email for an email from the Scratch Team and click “Confirm my email address.”
Method 1: Add a project to a studio from the studio page
At the top of the “Projects” tab,
you can find the “Add Projects”
field.
Projects can be added by
URL. Copy the link of the
project in the search bar of your
browser window, or click the
"Copy Link" button on the
project page, and paste it in.
Then click the “Add by URL”
button.
You can also browse projects
to add. When you click the
“Browse Projects” button, you
can add projects from any of the
following sections: “Shared,”
“Favorited,” and “Recent” (which
opens to projects the user has
recently viewed). To add a
project, click the plus sign and
then "Done" at the bottom.
Tip: If “Anyone can add
projects” is toggled on, the “Add
Projects” field is visible to all. If
toggled off, this field is only
visible to Hosts, Managers, and
Curators.
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Method 2: Add a project to a studio from the project page
From a Project page, one can
click the "Add to Studio"
button, which will open a
window that lists up to 20
studios a user curates.
On the right-hand side of each
studio name is a plus sign if the
project is not in that studio yet
(when in green with a check, the
project is already in that studio).
Click the plus sign (turning the
studio title green) and then the
“Done” button to add.
Tip: If you have more than 20
studios and the studio you want
isn’t listed, you’ll need to use
Method 1 and add by URL.
Method 3: Request a project be added to a studio in the comments
If the option for anyone to add a
project is turned off but
comments are turned on in a
studio, you can request your
project be reviewed by a
curator and added if they think
it fits the theme of the studio.
Write a comment and include
the URL for your project (see
Method 1 for how to get a link).
Tip: It can be helpful to share in
the comment how you think it
fits the theme.
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Confirming a project is in the studio
If you want to confirm a project
is in a studio, you can:
● Scroll through the projects on
the “Projects” tab
● If already in the studio, when
you add the project via URL,
a notice will say, “That project
is already in this studio.”
● On the Project page, look for
the “Studios” column on the
right side of the screen. Click
“View all” to open a window
showing all the studios a
project is in.
Removing projects from a studio
Managers and hosts can remove
any project from the studio.
Curators can remove any project
they personally added. And a
project owner can remove their
projects from others' studios.
Warning: If you remove your
project from a studio where you
are not a curator, you won’t be
able to add it back yourself.
On the “Projects” tab, select
“Remove” from the three dot
menu next to the project title.
Or on the Project page, click the
“Add to Studio” button, and then
click the checkmark next to the
studio title (turning the studio
name white again).
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